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Open neck shirt....clean pair of jeans and yes....flip flops.

I'm arriving in Bangkok....not London.

Mind you I wear flip flops in London as well!

But not to funerals eh.

Each to their own Steven. I just wouldn't. You never know what the driver ahead, behind or besides you is going to do next. big wide open roads then yes I would use it. Thankfully the high miles i knock up here are mainly on the bike so don't have to worry too much.

Your right. Waste of time in LOS, here you must be on the ball and in complete control at all times.

Have flown biz on EVA and Qatar out of Heathrow. Each time I've been in shorts and casual short sleeve shirt, leather sandals.

The kick for me has always been the looks I get from some people in the economy queue, dressed to impress and probably seeking the upgrade as I swagger up to the biz check in.

But I've always been polite and act the gentleman, never getting drunk, always saying thank you to the staff and I've never had an issue. After all I've paid the biz class fare and the staff know that, I don't need to impress them with anything other than my manners.

Good post. The mere fact that you are in business class speaks volumes in itself.

Does it, hmmmmmmm,He's just won a few bob on on the lotto.

Have flown biz on EVA and Qatar out of Heathrow. Each time I've been in shorts and casual short sleeve shirt, leather sandals.

The kick for me has always been the looks I get from some people in the economy queue, dressed to impress and probably seeking the upgrade as I swagger up to the biz check in.

But I've always been polite and act the gentleman, never getting drunk, always saying thank you to the staff and I've never had an issue. After all I've paid the biz class fare and the staff know that, I don't need to impress them with anything other than my manners.

BUT, they understand your a slob.

MER.

It's like you guys are in a ThaiVisa car club and you all say Fortuna just to be cool or something. I haven't read 1 post where someone writes "Fortuner".

It's on the back of the thing

Even guys who bought one say "I just bought a Fortuna". Can we stop that please?

You've not read any of my posts regarding a Fortuner then, eh. Naughty.

Surely this is a pointless question to ask on TV, as most members here are in relationships with hiso Sino Thai, overseas educated, business owning ladies, whose Father is a General.

Mines not.

Surely not......

No, nothing.

But why do you WRITE it that way? It's Furtuner.

Furtuner?

If you are going to gripe about the way other people spell it, nail your own spelling first.

OK. It was ONE typo.

FORTUNER. Why can't you guys write FORTUNER. Fortuna is weird. I never know what you people are talking about.

Think you are taking your teaching job a bit to serious here.

Surely this is a pointless question to ask on TV, as most members here are in relationships with hiso Sino Thai, overseas educated, business owning ladies, whose Father is a General.

Mines not.

Ask a Welsh or Scots guy to say it. Different spelling.

Are we a weeeeee bit short of topics today.

I find it hard to believe that parents would seek out your facilities let alone condone their daughter's attendance at a "finishing" school where they know she'll be having sex with an elderly man as payment for learning how to iron, clean and do laundry to a Western standard.

Oh well, maybe one day, someone'll send the police round to your gaff to check ID cards and the like.

Actually they're motivated by the fact that they end up fluent in English and capable of marrying a farang husband and you know yourself the only other way that's going to happen.

My getting serviced or not is completely up to the girl, some of them work off their fees in other ways and for the particularly keen ones I'm happy to keep them on basically for free. They're free to say no anytime, and most do end up working outside the house, some at quite decent jobs once they've got a fair way along in their English and computer skills, some as guides, one runs a housecleaning agency another set up a fried chicken stall - I'm particularly proud of the ones that turn out to be entrepeneurial, and hope to end up having some that set their sights higher than just getting married.

And the police have been round, in fact I tutor the niece of a local cop. And no there's no corruption involved, the simple fact is I'm not doing anything wrong, much less illegal. Maybe it's just y'alls imagination going wild.

Sir Jimmy is alive.

I do not believe for one tenth of a second you can plea bargain with any insurgent; are they <deleted> Crazy. They probably made them promise not to kill innocent people for at least 1 year. No one in their right mind plea bargains with terrorists; they cannot be plea bargained with. You Killem where they stand. Did their Victums, the people they murdered have a chance to Plea Bargin...HELL NO! Now I am not sure which one is Brainwashed the Government or the Insurgents. COZ to me it looks like they are NECK AND NECK.

How about, bring your enemy to the table and let's talk.

A solution is always possible.

Didn't work with Adolf and crew.

Halloween has been going on here for two weeks now.

Take your pick. Common decency, mankind etc., etc.

I'd assumed he was just trolling for a reaction, pretty sad if he was trying to be serious.

If only that were the case. He's mentioned this "program" on several threads in the past. He really does try to catch them young before - according to him - they run off to Pattaya to work in the bars. He claims that by inducting them into his "finishing" school, he gives them a better chance of meeting and marrying well-to-do foreigners who'll be impressed with their English and their domestic abilities - in and out of the bedroom.

Thought Sir Jimmy was dead.

NEVER give cash up front unless for materials. Take number of his ride, so he knows.

Do they have a Master's program for Housewifism ? That'd actually be useful. Basic courses in hoovering, cooking, feeding the litter, specialization in one branch or the other. Thesis, of course, getting a farang hubby.

Actually that pretty much sums up the program I run if you add in the advanced training in the amatory arts and of course the long-term hard slog of getting their English language skills up to snuff, since they're starting from pretty close to zero 90% of the time.

Most do need to be trained in how a western professional expects his shirts to be ironed, how to use a washing machine, why hot water's important, taste in clothes, often to start with - how to use a sit-down toilet.

Oh <deleted>, here we go again with BJB's "program".

Your program??!! Your program ??!! Listen to yourself !!

Who the hell do you think you are??!!

Isn't this the "program" in which you masquerade as an all-round good egg when in reality you're little more than a lascivious, sex-lizard prepared to go the extra devious mile so you can engage in coitus with naive, inexperienced peasant girls? Where you pretend to be some sort of teacher so you can get your end away for free?

You're effectively grooming girls to be prostitutes by providing their first P4P experience and then saying "There you go, sweetheart. That wasn't so bad, was it dear? Same time next week then?"

You're an utter disgrace.

, must agree.

Increadably sad topic. BUT, what goes around WILL come around.

Why brag here that you made someone unhappy. ?

Just for Karon.

It doesn't matter what you wear as long as you are toting a lap-top computer bag. Then the staff take you seriously.

The flight attendants have seen it all and fully understand that rich guys couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what other people think of there dress code.

Rubbish, they understand OK. But, you carry on.

Considering I fly business most times when I'm on business and dress in shorts, T-shirt and casual shoes as long as I carry my lap-top, I get the same service as every other business passenger.

And you? What's your experience? Hopping up and down waiting for that curtain to be pulled across so you can disembark?

Think you don't understand what us mere mortals understand. Whether employed cabin staff or me. If you travel like a slob then you are a slob. I will look for your perfect airline and post soon.

It doesn't matter what you wear as long as you are toting a lap-top computer bag. Then the staff take you seriously.

The flight attendants have seen it all and fully understand that rich guys couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what other people think of there dress code.

Rubbish, they understand OK. But, you carry on.

Other TV members may disagree, but from communicating with friends I would say it's a truism that people who are transitioning to middle age can count on one hand close friends; those with whom you have empathy, trust, respect & love. With close friends no matter how distant in miles, your not lonely or isolated

Back in the west I had made an early transition from middle age to old age.

Now in Thailand with a much younger wife, I have transitioned back to early middle age.

New family, new baby, more active outdoorsy lifestyle, healthier eating habits, big weight loss.

Maybe you should trade up to a younger wife?

Think you need a new or your old avatar. ..............

Were you a 1960's mod. ?

Out of all the westerners i know of,

only 2 has a thai gf with bachelor's degree or above, and a job that goes with it,

myself included.

That may work out to be around 3%.

So to answer the question: Nope,

the westerners are typically stuck with prostitutes,

that stay with the westerner in a on-job relation

Speak for yourself:

My Thai GF – MA from the US

My closet friend: Thai wife, MBA from Thailand, top 3 Uni

Close buddy 1: Thai Wife: MA from the UK

Close buddy 2: Thai GF, BA from Thailand

Next Level Circle of Friends:

1: Thai wife, BA from Thailand

2: Thai wife, MBA from Thailand, top 3 Uni

3 and 4: close friends are married to women from other nationalities

5 and 6: dedicated single guys.

Not a BG or uneducated woman in the bunch, all the Thai women employed and earning good money, one has an income that would make most TV members weep with jealousy.

Then again, there is not an uneducated guy in the bunch either – all but one with professional jobs here in Thailand. It’s all about the friends you make and the company you keep.

What's so special with an "educated Thai gf", MBA, BA, MA etc? And yes, I really envy you because your GF have a MA from the US. BTW, how's her cooking, taking care of children and other household skills?

I have N.U.M.N.U.T. after my name, got me nowhere.